I enjoyed my first green monster, but to ensure it wasn’t a fluke, I had another when I got home last night.
Survey says:
Nope not a fluke.
I started off this morning with one also. So that puts me at 3 green monsters in 2 days! Whew!
***EDIT****
I realized that I haven’t really talked about what a green monster is…or maybe I have. Anyway, my green monsters have been a combination of spinach, milk, protein powder, fruit, and peanut butter.
Today’s Green Monster:
2 HANDFULS SPINACH
1/2 CUP MILK
FROZEN PEACHES
3 STRAWBERRIES
1 SCOOP MUSCLE MILK
I popped that badboy in the blender for a while, and it was excellent. It made way more than one cup, but guess what? I drank the whole blender full. Don’t judge me!
Now there’s something else I’d like to discuss. Something that’s been bothering me for a while…
I hate when people bring unnecessary noise into my personal space. I work with my desk facing in one direction and my co-worker sits directly behind me facing the other direction. Our bench spaces are also oriented the same way. Her fiance works in the same building – actually in the lab right next door. However, he spends ~45% of his time over here at her desk. It’s already tight with just me and her over here. It’s the end of the day and he comes over and reads different news headlines outline to solicit discussion. No sir, don’t try to force discussion. And it’s not just that – he’s freakin yelling. I am giving him the eye of death – still no concern. I’m trying to not say anything because I’ve been known to be a little rude and harsh. But I think a little correction is in order.
If I don’t say something, I might pull my hair out! – - – Help me, Tom Cruise.
So last night I was up on the internet looking at a bunch of cool new blogs I have stumbled upon. I was reading this cool fitness blog, and I decided that I would try a GREEN MONSTER today. Unfortunatley, I forgot to take a picture but it was super yummy! I was pleasantly surprised. I used the following combo:
- 1 humongous handful of spinach – not the baby kind
- a 3 -4 second pouring of lactose-free milk (~1/2 cup)
- a shake of wheat germ & ground flaxseed
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 scoop of American Sports Nutrition protein powder
- 4-5 frozen strawberries
I blended it all together and yum! It was soooo tasty. I couldn’t believe it. I choose to believe my Green Monster helped me combat the following problems I faced over the next 5 minutes:
- The fat-free cottage cheese I picked up from Wal-Mart yesterday was ALREADY OPEN? Seriously Wal-Mart? That’s why I hate shopping there – and the fact that they treat their workers like crap. I’m back to EarthFare and the Farmer’s Market. At least someone hasn’t been eating my cottage cheese before it gets home.
- I walked to my car and my jaw immediately dropped: I left both my windows half way down overnight. The weather channel reports that we had about 0.8 inches of rain last night. Now imagine that sitting in my seats and floormats of my car. I was super pissed. However, I just took a sip of my green monster and carried on with my day. I pulled a towel out of my gym bag and put it on my seat, and got in the car to whisk myself away to school – 2 hours late – with the puddles in the floor.
I got to school super late, and I wasn’t even in the mood for lunch. However, two of my friends tricked into feeling bad for missing my birthday went to lunch with me. Yes, I am admitting that I tricked them – I went as far as leaving notes on one of their cars. We had lunch at NOSH, and I had a grilled cheese… meh. But I’m not hungry right now or even craving anything.
Behold the power of GREEN!
FEEL THE BURN!
Well, I’ve somewhat fallen off of my workout bandwagon. Last week I was able to get to yoga 4 times, and that’s pretty good for me! I thought about joining LA Boxing, but that’s just silly. I cannot even finish the Yoga Challenge before I am off to the next thing. I need to stick to this and just do my best. I have the Susan Komen 5K this weekend. Too bad I haven’t started preparing at all. I’m all the way slacking. I know these 3 miles are going to kick my butt. It’s probably in my best interest to try and bang out a mile or two tonight at the gym. I know I won’t make it to yoga, so I should try to at least get some type of workout in.
